CTEMPS provides access to equipment for the advancement of understanding of environmental processes using innovative sensing. Since CTEMPS offers instrumentation that is not normally accessible, many times it is necessary to verify that it will perform as required for a particular application. In addition, CTEMPS seeks to introduce transformative equipment to scientists early in their careers to help them incorporate these technologies as they establish their research trajectories. To assist the community in this effort, CTEMPS has a pilot program, where equipment and support is made available for short-term installations on limited budgets with the primary goal to collect publishable data that verifies feasibility. The Pilot Program is open to graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and tenure-track PIs with preference given to young investigators.

 

   

Proposals are evaluated based on these criteria, with the basis that if equipment is available, it will be provided to all valid uses, and otherwise prioritized via this point system:

1. Provide access to instrumentation that could transform the research experience of the individual or group (scientific merit – 20 pts plus 10 pts if graduate student led);
2. Their likelihood of leading to scientific discovery using this instrumentation (feasibility 20 – pts);
3. Likelihood of team to succeed (demonstrated ability – 20 pts);
4. Linkages to educational opportunities (broader merit – 20 pts plus 10 pts if graduate student led);
5. Addressing inequity in access to support (equity – 20 pts).

Instrument leasing and mobilization fees can be waived, however no financial support is provided. Proposals will be reviewed and awarded by the CTEMPs staff. Prospective PI's are encouraged to contact the staff of the Center with any questions.
Proposal applications are accepted anytime. Proposals are reviewed by the CTEMPs staff with notification within 3 weeks of submission. We encourage you to get in contact with CTEMPs staff to develop your Pilot Program proposal to refine concepts, experimental design, and logistical aspects. Proposals should be submitted in electronic form to Ann Gaidos-Morgan.

Proposal Contents:

1. Standard CTEMPS Instrument Request form
2. Up to two-page document consisting of a project summary, and a numbered set of 5 paragraphs indicating the merits of the proposal related to each of the five criteria discussed above.
3. References (no limit)
4. Budget, Resources, and Schedule (one page demonstrating practicability)
5. Curriculum Vitae of team

Data Policy: As in all CTEMPS projects, data will be made public consistent with the overall CTEMPs Data Sharing Policy.

Report: Awardees are required to submit a report one year after the delivery of the data.

 

NOTE: These policies and procedures are subject to change. However, no retroactive changes are to be implemented.

The CTEMPS equipment represents a significant resource to the hydrologic and earth sciences community. The quality of the data collected by this resource is such that it will be of interest to investigators for many years. In order to encourage the use of the data by others and thereby make the facility of more value to the community, it is CTEMPS policy that all data collected by instruments be provided to the Center in ODM format so that they can be accessed by other interested investigators after a proprietary period of 6 months.

The Center's policy is that delivery of data is an obligation of the investigator, and the archival of the data for potential community use after the propriety period is the responsibility of the Center. As most instruments available from the Center will be delivered with wireless modem/data transmission systems, the Center will automatically archive raw data. However, it is the PI's responsibility to provide a Metadata Report on the experimental design for Center archiving. The Metadata Report will be generated in a consistent form with the National Water Metadata Catalog developed by the CUAHSI HIS and will contain data on the installation, experimental design and all other pertinent data appropriate for interpreting the results. The Center will provide archived data access to the PI throughout the course of the experiment and beyond. The data and MetaData Report will remain confidential for a period of 6 months after the end of the fieldwork. Requests for access to data prior to this time will be forwarded to the PI and the decision for early release will be made jointly by the PI and the Center.

	John Selker Co-Director	541-737-6304	Biological & Ecological Engineering  210 Gilmore Hall  Oregon State University  Corvallis, Oregon 97331-3906	Email John Selker
	Adrian Harpold Principal Investigator	775-784-6759	Dept. of Geological Sciences and Engineering  University of Nevada, Reno  1664 N. Virginia St. Reno, NV 89557-0172	Email Adrian Harpold
	Scott W. Tyler Co-Director	775-784-6250	Dept. of Geological Sciences and Engineering  University of Nevada, Reno  MS 175  Reno, NV 89557-0172	Email Scott Tyler
	Chris Kratt Laboratory Manager	775-784-4986	Dept. of Geological Sciences and Engineering  University of Nevada, Reno  1664 N. Virginia St.  Reno, NV 89557-0172	Email Chris Kratt
	Chet Udell	352-328-9436	Dept. of Biological and Ecological Engineering Oregon State University  116 Gilmore, 124 SW 26th St. Corvallis, OR  97331-3906	Email Chet Udell
	Eileen Martin Co-Director	303-273-3455	Colorado School of Mines 253 Green Center 924 16th St. Golden, CO  80401	Email Eileen Martin
	Mark Hausner Co-Director	775-673-7352	Division of Hydrologic Sciences Desert Research Institute 2215 Raggio Pkwy. Reno, NV  89512	Email Mark Hausner

 

 

 

The instruments and technical skills of the Center are designed to support the hydrologic sciences and engineering communities. Instruments will be made available on a first-come/first served principle. Instrument requests from funded competitive granting agencies will not be competitively reviewed within the Center, as the Center will rely upon the review process of the agencies. However, the Center does reserve the right to review the request to insure that the proposed activities are feasible and attainable with the requested resources. This approach has been successfully utilized by many scientific consortia, such as IRIS-PASSCAL and the Center will adopt this model during its first two years of operation.

Based on the concepts of fairness and availability, the following protocols will be used to schedule and accommodate instrument requests:

1. All allocations will be on a first-come, first served basis. Applications will be taken in chronological order from the Instrument Request page.
2. All allocations are equal once a commitment is made by the Center for instrument distribution. A PI cannot be "bumped" from the Center's commitment unless by mutual agreement of all parties.
3. Allocation of instruments for greater than 12 months in advance of the application will only be made to NSF grantees for uses that directly support their NSF funded efforts. A copy of the grant and a justification of the relevance of the equipment to be used in the grant will be required.
4. Allocations more than 6 months in advance will be made only to PIs of peer-reviewed and funded research grants. A copy of the grant and a justification of the relevance of the equipment to be used in the grant will be required.
5. Instruments and equipment not allocated less than 6 months prior to use will be scheduled for use in any non-commercial research project seeking data to be used for peer-reviewed scientific dissemination.

Application for instrument and equipment support can be made via the Instrument Request page. The Center will review all proposals for feasibility and appropriateness of instrumentation. Any disputes regarding instrumentation or access will be taken before the CAB for analysis. The CAB represents the final authority in any cases of dispute.

CTEMPs support should be acknowledged in any resulting publications using a statement similar to the below:

"We thank CTEMPs, funded by the National Science Foundation (EAR awards 1832109 and 1832170), for timely and effective provision of experimental design support, logistical support and equipment for the project."

Currently, CTEMPs has 3 Field Deployable DTS (FD-DTS) systems that are complete, stand-alone systems capable of running on solar power or 110/220 VAC. These systems are designed for harsh environments and can be configured with a variety of data storage and upload capacities. In addition, CTEMPs maintains 3 other types of DTS systems, one designed primarily for 110VAC power accessible environments, with less harsh environmental conditions (Sensornet Halo) and two high spatial and temporal resolution instruments (Silixa XT and Ultima). The Center also has access, on an as-available basis, to several DTS systems operated by OSU and UNR. CTEMPs has also developed a power pulse contoller for heating fiber optic cables. The Center has 2 units available for lease. CTEMPs at OSU has 2 cargo trailers equipped with 1260 W of solar panels each. Please contact the Center to determine if these systems are available and fit your needs.  See Instrument Lease Rates for a complete list of available equipment and costs.

Priority will be given for standard deployment periods (6 weeks) for these instruments.

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Field deployable DTS (FD-DTS) system with standard (2 m) spatial resolution

Oryx DTS with 5km range and operating software. Included is a 3G compatible cell phone data link via Verizon or AT&T network (SIM card provided) and on-board data storage. The system is enclosed in a weatherproof shelter. The standard system is shipped to operate on 110VAC. The system can be equipped at additional cost with a 240 W solar system for power in most applications (user must provide two 70 amp-hour deep discharge batteries).

Deployment includes, upon request, standard calibration bath coolers and mixing pumps.

Instrument Request page.

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Laboratory high-resolution DTS system

Contact CTEMPs for application requirements for this system (Silixa XT or Ultima).

Instrument Request page.

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DTS system with reduced (4 m) spatial resolution

Contact CTEMPs for deployment options and availability.

Instrument Request page.

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 Power Pulse Controller

The CTEMPs Power Pulse Controller is designed to provide easily controlled pulses of electrical power. The electrical power pulses are intended for use with armored optical fiber cables. The controller is designed to operated with either 120V AC or 240V AC with a maximum amperage of 30 A. Up to four cable sections can be heated on a programmable schedule. Contact CTEMPs for application requirements for this system.

Instrument Request page.

 

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Project metadata and data (after two years) are available through HydroShare.

2022

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
E. Martin	Virginia Tech	NSF	12	Sits: Collaborative Research: Understand and Forecast Long-term Variations of In-situ Geophysical and Geomechanical Characteristics of Degrading Permafrost in the Arctic
M. Wengrove	Oregon State University	Department of Defense	1.3	Bottom Mounted Fiber Optics for Sensing Nearshore Hydrodynamics
L. Murdoch	Clemson University	Department of Defense	12	Development of high temperature thermal energy storage and recovery using borehole heat exchangers
R. Cook	Sandia National Lab	Department of Energy	0.6	Tethered ballon systems
N. Terry	U.S.G.S	Department of Defense	N/A	Demonstrating a Multi-Scale Thermal and Electromagnetic Technologies Toolbox for Improved Mapping and Monitoring of Contaminated Groundwater Discharges to Surface Water
H. Chang	Portland State University	Tualatin River Environmental Enhancement (TREE) Grant Program	1.5	Effects of Stream Restoration and Beaver Activities on Stream Temperatures in Urban Streams
M. Silivia	WoodsHole	NASA	1.2	Test the survivability of certain fiber optic tethers as they are frozen into water ice at pressures up to 3000 psi.
C. Gabrielli	SelkerMetrics	N/A	1.0	Locating and quantifying groundwater discharge to a marine waterway
E. Williams	The University of Texas at Austin	NSF	2.3	Multi-scale Thermal Mapping of Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Critical Coastal Ecosystems of Volcanic Islands

2021

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
C. Gabrielli	SelkerMetrics	N/A	9	Conway Culvert
N. Terry	USGS	USGS	0.03	Thermal hydrologic survey
D. Dexheimer	Sandia National Lab	Department of Energy	0.8	Tethered balloon experiment
E. Martin	Virginia Tech	NSF	4	Sits: Collaborative Research: Understand and Forecast Long-term Variations of In-situ Geophysical and Geomechanical Characteristics of Degrading Permafrost in the Arctic
D. Dexheimer	Sandia National Lab	Department of Energy	0.5	Tethered balloon experiment
M. Wengrove	Oregon State University	Department of Defense	2.7	Bottom Mounted Fiber Optics for Sensing Nearshore Hydrodynamics
T. Scambos	NSIDC	NSF	1.75	DTS and DAS Thwaites glacier
M. Wengrove	Oregon State University	internal	0.1	DAS cable performance testing in OSU Wave Lab

2020

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
D. Fratta	UW-Madison	Department of Defense	2.1	Experimental model of a horizontal geothermal exchange system
J. Miller	University of Colorado	NSF	1	Antarctica Firn aquifers
C. Gabrielli	SelkerMetrics	NA	8	Conway Culvert
C. Opatz	U.S. Geological Survey	Department of Defense	0.8	Metals in terrestrial groundwater and intertidal marine porewater along unwalled shorelines of the Bremerton Naval Complex, WA
M. Yates	U.S. Geological Survey	Other	0.5	Johnson Creek Basin Water Temperature Monitoring
X. Hu	Oregon State University	Department of Energy	0.0	Creation of a single mode fiber sensor

2019

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
M. Siegfried	Stanford University	NSF	11.5	SALSA: Mapping subglacial groundwater in Antarctica
D. Winebrenner	University of Washington	NSF	0.2	Dense observation of geothermal fluxes in Antarctica
KC Carroll	New Mexico State University	Department of Energy	2.6	Temperature Mapping as an Indirect Characterization Method for Surface Water-Hyporheic Zone Exchange
E. Pardyjak	University of Utah	NSF	1.4	Idealized Planar Array experiment for Quantifying Surface heterogeneity
M. Wengrove	Oregon State University	CTEMPs	3	DTS for detecting dune erosion
S. Kelley	New Mexico Bureau of Geology	Internal	1	Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience –undergraduate instruction
A. Stonewall	USGS Oregon Water Science Center	USGS	0.7	Lake bottom temperature in Crystal Springs Lake
C. Gabrielli	Selker Metrics	Other	0.4	Detecting groundwater upwelling in Newtown Creek Canal in New York City.
X. Hu	Oregon State University	Department of Energy	0.0	Creation of a single mode fiber sensor
B. Caves	Andrews Hammock & Powell Inc.	Department of Defense	0.6	Geologic and Thermal Analysis at Ft. Benning, GA
J. Miller	University of Colorado Boulder	NSF	2.0	Antarctic Firn Aquifers

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2018
 

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
D. Hare	AECOM	Nevada Division of Environmental Protection	1	Groundwater discharge
R. Tipping	University of Minnesota	Other	0.5	Evaluate Temperature, Streamflow, and Hydrogeology Impact on Brook Trout Habitat
T. Pickering	U.S. Navy	U.S. Navy	0.25	Side by side comparison of multiple DTS units
P. Long	Lake Chelan Research Institute	Other	12	Internal seiche in Lake Chelan
A. Rich	Sonoma County Water Authority	Other	4	Distributed Temperature Sensing in an Aquifer Storage Recovery Injection Observation Well
C. Thomas	University of Bayreuth	Internal	0.25	Wind direction from comparison of arrays of heated and passive fiber optic cables
J. van Ramshorst	TU Delft	Internal	0.35	Wind speed from comparison of heated and passive fiber optic cables
Eric Pardyjak	University of Utah	NSF	0.7	Idealized Planar Array experiment for Quantifying Surface heterogeneity
Frank Selker	Selker Metrics	Other	2.1	Passaic River
Mark Hausner	Desert Research Institute	DOE	0.6	Temperature profiling during sampling
Thomas Glose	University of Buffalo	CTEMPs	1.2	Quantification of Fluxes Using a Physically Paired Fiber-Optic Cable
Kurt Feigl	University of Wisconsin	CTEMPs	0.25	PoroTomo project follow-up well bore temperature profile
April Hiscox	University of South Carolina	NSF	3	SAVANT: Stable Atmospheric Variability ANd Transport
Dale Winebrenner	University of Washington	NSF	3	Dense observation of geothermal fluxes in Antarctica
Matthew Siegfried	Stanford University	NSF	2.4	SALSA: Mapping subglacial groundwater in Antarctica
Robert Tipping	University of Minnesota	Other	1.6	Hydrogeology and Trout Health, Southeastern Minnesota
Kurt Feigl	University of Wisconsin	CTEMPs	0.25	Distributed Acoustic sensing at PoroTomo for detection of Nevada Test Site M 2.3 explosion

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2016-2017

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
S. Chandra	UNR	NSF	5	Lake stratification
M. Daniels	NOAA	NOAA	12	Lake Shasta
S. Tulaczyk	UCSC	NSF	3	Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling
Y. Cheng	Columbia University	DOE	9	Heated optic fiber experiment
K. Davis	University of California - Irvine	Internal	3	Quantifying influences of small-scale variability and recent thermal history on coral thermal tolerance
S. Giddings	UCSD	USC Sea Grant	1	Ocean-lagoon mixing
M. Hausner	Desert Research Institute	DOE	0.3	A pilot test of distributed thermal perturbation sensing as a method to assess hydrogeologic heterogeneities on Pahute Mesa
R. Tipping	University of Minnesota	Other	2	Evaluate Temperature, Streamflow, and Hydrogeology Impact on Brook Trout Habitat
T. Gilmore	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Internal	3	Using fiber optic distributed temperature sensing and point-scale measurements to quantify groundwater-surface water flux
J. Cole	U.S. Geological Survey	Other	2	Fine Scale Temperature in the Delaware River
D. Dexheimer	Sandia National Laboratories	DOE	1	Aerial Assessment of Liquid in Clouds at Oliktok
C. Hatch	University of Massachusetts	USDA	3	Soil moisture in wetland habitat
P. Long	Lake Chelan Research Institute	Other	2	Internal seiche in Lake Chelan
C. Higgins	Oregon State University	Internal	0.1	Total solar eclipse
D. Winebrenner	University of Washington	NSF	2	Rapid ice drilling

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2015-2016

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
Dexheimer	Sandia Labs	DOE	5	Atmospheric characterization from tethered balloons, TX
Chandra	Univ. of Nevada, Reno		4.5	Temperature profile of Castle Lake, CA
J. Selker	Oregon State Univ.	NOAA	1	Stream thermal monitoring in the Middle Fork John Day River
S. Tulaczyk	UC Santa Cruz	NSF	3	WISSARD project, Antarctica
Singha	CO School of Mines	CUAHSI	1.5	CUAHSI workshop
V. Martin	Polytechnique Montreal	Internal	2.5	Water fluxes through waste rock
C. Higgins	Oregon State Univ.	Internal	1	Effectiveness of frost protection in vineyards
Gentine	Columbia Univ.	DOE	3	Spatial structure of turbulence
M. Hausner	Desert Research Institute	Internal	5	Thermal monitoring of a shallow springbrook
E. Kempema	Univ. Wyoming	NSF	1.5	Groundwater surface water exchange
	USFS	Internal	3	Effect of forest practice management on snowpack/watershed
T. Scambos	Univ. of Oregon	NSF-OPP	0.5	Ice shelf monitoring

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2014-2015

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
K. Davis	UC Irvine	NSF	2	Coral reefs in the South China Sea
S. Tulaczyk	UC Santa Cruz	NSF-Polar Programs	1	WISSARD Project Antarctica
E. Kempema	Univ. Wyoming	NSF	1	Groundwater surface water exchange
T. White	Penn State	NSF-CZO	6	CZO/REU Projects at Shale Hills and Cristina River CZO
Woods Hole Oceonographic Institute	WHOI	NSF	2	Continental shelf oceanography
P. Wetzel	Smith College	NSF	3	Stream thermal monitoring
D. Hyndman	Michigan State Univ	NSF	1	Lake monitoring
C. Zarneski	Michigan State Univ	NSF	1	Stream thermal monitoring
C. Higgins/H. Holmes	Oregon State Univ/ Univ of Nevada, Reno	NSF	1	Athmospheric boudary layer near windmills
S. Broda	Ecole Polytéchnique	Environment Canada	2	Tar sand tailings monitoring
L. Hawkins	Cornell Univ.	NSF	0.5	Fusion splicer only
S. Null	Utah State Univ.	State of Utah	1	Stream thermal monitoring
C. Ochoa	Oregon State Univ.	Oregon State Univ.	6	Stream thermal monitoring
E. Danner	NOAA	NOAA	5	Lake Shasta thermal monitoring
C. Surfleet	Cal Poly	State of California	0.5	Surface water groundwater interaction
D. Catsenyk	SUNY-Onieda	CTEMPs Pilot Program	1	Surface water groundwater interaction
A. Parsekian	Univ. Wyoming	NSF	2	Groundwater surface water exchange

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2013-2014

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
K. Davis	UC Irvine	NSF	2	Coastal Oceanography
S. Tulaczyk	UC Santa Cruz	NSF-Polar Programs	1	WISSARD Project Antarctica
T. White	Penn State	NSF-CZO	6	CZO/REU Projects at Shale Hills and Cristina River CZO
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute	WHOI	NSF	2	Continental shelf oceanography
S. Null	Utah State Univ.	State of Utah	1	Stream thermal monitoring
C. Surfleet	Cal Poly	State of California	0.5	Surface water groundwater interaction
D. Catsenyk	SUNY-Onieda	CTEMPs Pilot Program	1	Lake Vanda Limnology
A. Parsekian	Univ. Wyoming	NSF	2	Groundwater surface water exchange
S. Tyler	CUAHSI	NSF	0.5	DTS Short Course

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2012-2013

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
C. Thomas	Oregon State Univ.	NSF-PDM	3	Atmospheric Science
S. Tulaczyk	UC Santa Cruz	NSF-Polar Programs	1.5	WISSARD Project-Antarctica
D. Catsenyk	SUNY-Oneonta	CTEMPS Pilot Program	1.5	Lake Vanda limnology
A. Parsekian	Stanford Univ.	NSF	2	Groundwater recharge
R. Pinkel	Scripps	NSF-Ocean Sciences	2	Tahiti oceanography
K. Smettem	Univ. of Western Australia	National Centre for Groundwater Research	4	Soil moisture monitoring
T. Read	Norwich Univ.	EU	1	Well flow measurement
A. Anon	Hebrew Univ.	Israeli Geo Surv	1	High res Dead Sea processes
C. Jasper	CO School of Mines	Internal University	On-going	High resolution infiltration
S. Sellwood	Univ. of Wisconsin	State of Wisconsin	2	Borehole flow and interaquifer flow
P. Kyle	New Mexico Tech	NSF-Polar Programs	1	Volcanology

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2011-2012

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
C. Thomas	Oregon State Univ.	NSF-PDM	3	Atmospheric Science
J. Dozier	UC Santa Barbara	USCOE	1.5	Snow Hydrology
J. Lee	Clemson Univ.	NSF	1	Stream-aquifer interaction in contaminated site
A. Fryar	U. of Kentucky	DOE	2	Surface Water/groundwater interactions
R. Pinkel	Scripps	NSF	1	Coastal Oceanography
J. Duncan	Univ. of N. Carolina	CTEMPS Pilot Program	1	Surface Water/groundwater interactions
S. Steele-Dunne	TU Delft	NASA	1	SMAP Soil Moisture Mapping
P. Kyle	New Mexico Tech	NSF-Polar Programs	1	Volcanology
M. Goosef	Penn. State Univ.	NSF-Polar Programs	1	Dry Valleys LTER
L. Kryder	Nye County, NV	DOE	1	Borehole thermal profiling
C. Welty	Univ. of Maryland	NSF	2	Urban Hydrology (LTER)
E. Bray	UC Santa Barbara	Pilot Program	1.5	Surface Water/groundwater interactions
L. Tallon	Univ. of Saskatchewan	NSERC	0.5	Tar Sand Reclamation
K. Costigan	Kansas St. Univ.	Pilot Program	2	River Dynamics and Mixing
C. Ochoa	New Mexico St. Univ.	USDA	1	Prescribed Burn soil monitoring
A. Lewis	State of New Mexico	State of New Mexico	1	Stream Habitat Monitoring
G. Scoppatone	USGS	US Fish and Wildlife Serv.	3	Stream Habitat Restoration
C. Hatch	U. of Mass	NSF	0.5	CUAHSI Short Course
L. Bond	Humboldt State Univ.	NSF	1	River Restoration and Salmon Recovery

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2010-2011

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
J. Dozier	UC Santa Barbara	Army Corps of Engineers	1.5	Snow Hydrology
H. Wang	U. of Wisconsin	NSF	5	Geomechanics
C. Buck*/J. Lund	UC Davis	CTEMPs Pilot	2	Stream/Aquifer Salmon Restoration
B. Yellen/D. Boutt	Univ. of Mass	NSF	Cable Only	Surface Water/groundwater
M. Seyfield	USDA-ARS	NSF	3	Snow and Freezing Soil Dynamics
J. Wilson	New Mexico Tech	NSF-EPSCOR	0.5	DTS Short Course
S. Steele-Dunne	TU Delft	NASA	3	SMAP Soil Moisture Monitoring support
P. Kyle	New Mexico Tech	NSF	2	Volcanology of Mt. Erebus
C. Thomas	Oregon State Univ	US ARO	3	Atmospheric Turbulence
L. Kryder	Nye County, Nevada	US DOE	0.25	Borehole thermal profile (heated)
Laura Belica	Great Basin National Park	U.S. Park Service	1	Stream habitat monitoring
Ken Glander	Duke University	NSF	1.5	Primate habitat monitoring, Costa Rica
K. Martin*/J. Lundquist	University of Washington	NSF	1.5	Forest/snow monitoring (cont.)
J. Duncan*/L. Band	North Carolina State	CTEMPs Pilot	3	Stream/Groundwater interaction
K. Somers*/E. Bernhart	Duke University	CTEMPs Pilot	2	Urban Heat Island impacts on  water
Andrew Rich*	UC-Santa Barbara	CTEMPs Pilot	1	Coastal lagoon groundwater exchange
Carlos Ochoa	New Mexico State Univ.	USDA	1	Prescribed forest burn soil monitoring
Amy Lewis	State of New Mexico	State	1	Stream habitat study
G. Scoppatone	USGS	USGS	2	Stream habitat studies
C. Welty	Univ. of Maryland	NSF	1	Urban stream monitoring

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2009-2010

Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Project Sponsor	Duration (months)	Project Focus
J. Lundquist	U. of Washington	NSF	2	Snow Hydrology/Biogeochemistry
J. Dozier	UC Santa Barbara	Corps of Engineers	1.5	Snow Hydrology
J. Bahr	U. of Wisconsin	USGS	1	Aquifer storage and recovery
H. Wang	U. of Wisconsin	NSF	2	Geomechanics
B. Andrews	UC Berkeley	CTEMPS Pilot Program	1	Geothermal monitoring
L. Karlson	UC Berkeley	CTEMPS Pilot Program	2	Glacial Hydrology
C. Buck	UC Davis	CTEMPS Pilot Program	2	Stream/Aquifer exchange

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CTEMPS offers 1-day, 2-day and week-long courses on distributed temperature sensing, wireless autonomous sensing, and unmanned aerial systems. In addition, researchers and their students are welcome to visit the University of Nevada, Reno and the Oregon State University for "hands-on" training prior to instrument delivery. For announcements on upcoming short courses, see the Short Course Schedule below. To inquire or arrange a campus visit, please contact Scott Tyler or John Selker.

Course Schedule:

Upcoming Courses

December 8, 2024:  Annual hands-on training focusing on Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Systems. 

Past Courses

August 13-17, 2024:  Hands-on Workshop on Fiber-Optic Distributed Acoustic and Temperature Sensing for Interdisciplinary Earth Scientists. Fiber-Optic_Distributed_Acoustic_and_Temperature_Sensing. Application deadline is April 10.

December 11, 2022 06:00 - 14:00 PST: SCIWS27 - Fiber Optic Sensing in the Earth Sciences: Timelapse Modeling Strategies for Soil Moisture, Geomorphic Transport, Tidal Processes, Polar Processes, and Oceanography. Registration through AGU Fall Meeting.

December 11, 2021: 10 am - 4 pm CST: SCIWS29: Enhanced Access of Distributed Temperature Sensing for Early Career Scientists. Register through AGU.

Videos

1. Scott Tyler (UNR): Distributed Temperature Sensing using Fiber Optics - The Basics!
2. John Selker (OSU): Some Practical Matters in applying DTS
3. Ming Xiao (Pennsylvania State University): In-Situ Monitoring of Permafrost Using Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS)
4. Emma Reid (UC Irvine): Distributed Temperature Sensing for Oceanographic Applications
5. Maria Klepikova (University of Rennes): DTS-Based investigation techniques to image subsurface properties
6. Troy Gilmore (University of Nebraska-Lincoln): Comparison of groundwater discharge estimates with and without guidance from FO-DTS

December 12, 2021: 8 am - 4 pm CST: SCIWS17: Distributed Acoustic Sensing in Earth Sciences: From Novice to Cutting Edge. Register through AGU.

September 20 - 22, 2021: 9 am - 12 pm PT. Virtual Workshop. Open Hydrological Sensor Technologies: DIY Stream Sensor Networks. Register through CUAHSI by August 30 at 11:59 PM ET.

December 2, 2020: 13:00 - 19:00 EST. Online. SCIWS4 Applications and Advances in Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) for Earth and Space Sciences. Registration through AGU Fall Meeting. Final Schedule.

Videos

1. Part 1: Introductions and Objectives, Recent Advances in DTS – Part 1 (1-4), DTS Industrial Partners (5-9), Discussion (10)
   1. Olivier Bour, Nataline Simon (University of Rennes): Active-DTS in sandbox experiments to validate groundwater fluxes measurements
   2. Troy Gilmore (University of Nebraska-Lincoln): Comparison of groundwater discharge estimates with and without guidance from FO-DTS
   3. Rosealea Bond (UCSC and NMFS): Using DTS to monitor environmental variability in a seasonally-closed California estuary 
   4. Christoph Thomas, Karl Lapo (University of Bayreuth): Sensing atmospheric turbulent wind direction and speed
   5. Pierre Clément (Febus Optics): Distributed temperature solutions : selecting the right technology (53:54 - 1:03:00)
   6. Agatha Podrasky (Silixa): Basic principles of Silixa’s distributed temperature sensor solutions (1:03:10 - 1:13:47)
   7. Michael Montgomery (AP Sensing): Overcoming DTS Performance Uncertainty: Raman Backscatter Temperature Measurement Technology With Unique Single-Receiver Stability (1:15:31 - 1:24:22)
   8. Doug Norton (AFL): Fiber Optic Cable Selection Considerations for Sensing (1:24:35 - 1:34:52)
   9. Etienne Friedrich (Solifos): Fibers and cable terminations for DTS environmental monitoring (1:34:58 - 1:45:17)
   10. Discussion (1:45:17 - 1:55:32)
2. Part 2: Recent Advances in DTS – Part 2 (1-4), DTS Basics (5-6), Calibration and Experimental Design (7-8)
   1. Dante Fratta (University of Wisconsin-Madison): Monitoring the response of a district scale geothermal field using a DTS array
   2. Kristen Davis (UC Irvine): Internal wave dynamics on the inner shelf - a new perspective from DTS measurements
   3. Ted Scambos (UColo Boulder); Scott Tyler (UNR): An automated DTS Installation on the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, Antarctica: Early results 
   4. Chris Gabrielli (SelkerMetrics): DTS as a means to monitor sedimentation rates continuously over large areas
   5. Scott Tyler (UNR): Distributed Temperature Sensing using Fiber Optics - The Basics!
   6. John Selker (OSU): Some Practical Matters in applying DTS
   7. Scott Tyler (UNR): DTS Calibration: Challenges and Tools
   8. Bart Schilperoort (Delft University of Technology): Calibrating with confidence using the dtscalibration python package 
3. Part 3: Tips and Lessons from the Field (1-3), How to access CTEMPs (4), Closing (5)
   1. Luca Schenato (National Research Council - Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection): DTS for geophysical applications: a brief assessment of suitability
   2. Marty Briggs (USGS): Efficient deployment of cables and analysis of data with the USGS ‘DTS GUI’
   3. Chadi Sayde (North Carolina State University): Actively Heated Fiber Optics DTS: Lessons From the Field
   4. Cara Walter (OSU), Chris Kratt (UNR): How to access CTEMPs Instrumentation
   5. John Selker (OSU), Scott Tyler (UNR): Closing (59:10 - 1:03:30)

December 1, 2020: 13:00 - 19:00 PST. Online. SCIWS2 AGU Workshop on Distributed Acoustic Sensing. Registration through AGU Fall Meeting.

August 31 - September 3, 2020: 9 AM – 12 PM PT, 12 PM – 3 PM ET. Online. Virtual Hand-Made Stream Sensor Networks Workshop: Build your own Smart Rock Sensor at Home! Registration Deadline: July 9, 2020. Registration through CUAHSI.

December 11, 2019, 12:30 - 13:30 - San Francisco, CA - Do-It-Together, International Community Around Openly Published Environmental Sensing. Town Hall information. Registration through AGU Fall Meeting.

December 10, 2019, 8 - 12:20 - San Francisco, CA - Do-It-Yourself Open-Source Environmental Sensing. Workshop information. Registration through AGU Fall Meeting.

December 8, 2019 - San Francisco, CA - Distributed Acoustic Sensing: Principles, Data Processing, and Applications in Earth Sciences. Workshop information. Registration through AGU Fall Meeting.

December 7, 2019 - San Francisco, CA - Applications and Advances in Distributed Temperature Sensing for Earth and Space Sciences. Workshop information. Registration through AGU Fall Meeting.

October 8-12, 2019 - Castle Thurnau, Germany - Fiber Optic Sensing in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (FOSES). Workshop information and registration.

December 9, 2018 - Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C. - Distributed Acoustic Sensing: Principles and Case Studies. Workshop information and registration.

August 1-2, 2018 - USFWS NCTC, Washington, D.C.
Two day short courses in DTS and sUAS. Workshop information and registration.

July 12-13, 2018 - Gleneden Beach, Oregon.
Two day workshop: Integrating Science Needs with Advanced Seafloor Sensor Engineering to Provide Early Warning of Geohazards: Visioning Workshop and Roadmap for the Future. Workshop information and registration. Agenda here.

December 9-10, 2017 - Stennis Space Center, Mississippi (near New Orleans, before the AGU Fall Meeting).
The Cutting Edge of Temperature: Distributed Temerature Measurement in Earth Sciences. Workshop announcement, flier and registration.

October 18-21, 2017 - Reno, Nevada.
The First UAS Hands-on Open Format Training Session. Workshop announcement, schedule and registration.

March 18, 2017 - ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
One day short course on DTS

December 10-11, 2016 - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Two-day short course in Temperature and Acoustic Sensing with Fiber Optics. Workshop announcement & schedule.

December 11th, 2016 - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 
1 day training: Scientific Sensing using Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Workshop announcement & schedule.

December 13th, 2015 - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 
1 day training: Scientific Sensing using Unmanned Aircraft Systems AirCTEMPs. Workshop annoucement & Schedule

December 12-13, 2015 - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Two-day short course. Workshop announcement & schedule

August 4, 2015 - Helsinki - Geological Survey of Finland
One day short course on DTS.

June 23-25, 2015 - Air CTEMPS course at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Two-and-a-half-day course in Unmanned Aerial Systems in Earth Science.

July 30-August 3, 2014 - John Day, Oregon
Multi-day DTS short course

December 7-8, 2013 - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Two-day short course - Workshop Announcement & Schedule

July 21-23, 2013 - Luxembourg
Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) and Thermal IR imagery for Hydro-ecological Characterization

December 1-2, 2012 - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Two-day short course on DTS.

July 14-15 & 19-20, 2012 - UCAR, Boulder, CO
Two sessions of two-day short courses in conjunction with the CUAHSI 3rd Biennial Colloquium on Hydrologic Science and Engineering.

April 23-24, 2012 - Beijing, China
Two-day short course on DTS.

December 3, 2011 - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
One-day short course on DTS.

December 11, 2010 - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
One-day short course.

July 22, 2010 - Boulder, Colorado
One-day short course to follow the CUAHSI Biannual Science meeting.

January 11-15, 2010 - Santiago, Chile
Five-day workshop on the San Joaquin Campus of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.

December 12, 2009 -  Berkeley, California
One-day short course.

2008 - HJ Andrews, Oregon

2007 - HJ Andrews, Oregon